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It still amazes me that I am living and making music in Nashville. I find myself pinching my arm and counting my blessings that I am doing something I love so deeply. As far back as I can remember this was my dream. So......dreams do come true even if they are a distorted version of what you thought they would be.I have enjoyed a crazy roller coaster ride in this town. The intoxicating anticipation, the clickidy, clacking slow ride to the "almost" top and then the screaming while the bottom was dropping out was something but I am still here.My new passion is writing the songs I sing now. I found this part of me on my long journey back from a major record deal. "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger"....who said that? I want to meet them and shake their hand. After my singing deal ended I felt lost until I found pen and paper. Almost as faint as a whisper, I found my true voice waiting inside of a song that was dreamed up in my heart. Whew, the thought of that recognition still blows me away. I am a writer on Music Row and the pride I feel going to my office everyday is so big that it fills me to bursting. Who knew?!
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Member Since: 3/10/2007
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Singing the Carter Stanley song " Who Will Sing For Me" at the Bluegrass Underground Show in Cumberland Caverns"

Singing "Gone" at a taping of NPR Nashville's syndicated show Bluegrass Breakdown. Keith Sewell on guitar, Andy Hall on dobro, Andy Leftwich on mandolin, Dave Pomeroy on upright bass and Rick Stanley singing some great harmonies. My honey wrote this one with me!

Influences: My all time favorite has to be Loretta Lynn. I remember the first concert that I ever went to was with my mother and father in Hampton, Virginia. Dad purchased Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn tickets for my 10th birthday. I was so excited that I started crying when they were introducing her. Right before she walked on stage I caught a glimpse of her white high heels and thought I was going to faint. She is still my hero today. Other influences for me are Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Connie Smith, Don Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris and of course, Dolly Parton. My grandparents, Lloyd and Martha Butler always used music in their home. I can still hear their voices twining around each other. They taught me to sing harmony even before I knew how to sing lead. My mother's voice, she's a great singer. My father's love for country music was my greatest influence. Hearing his radio blaring on a Sunday morning is my earliest introduction into this genre and stuck with me to this day. And last but never least, my husband introduced me into a whole new music world with his love for bluegrass.
Record Label: Hadley Music Group
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Down Under show and I don't mean Australia!

Oh my goodness!... I was underground singing bluegrass to a wonderful group of people and having the time of my life doing it! I suppose that's why they named the show Bluegrass Underground! Me and my...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 08:07:00 GMT

WSM Radio...The Legend!

What a way to start the day! The Bill Cody WSM morning radio show "Country, Coffee and Cody" welcomed me into their Opryland Hotel radio studio yesterday for an interview and some live singing. I had ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Pickin' Up Speed!

Wow, the end of April was great. Rick Stanley (my honey), Greg Davis (banjo man) and myself hit the road for another radio tour. We visited WETS radio in Johnson City, Tennessee, played them a few tun...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 12:29:00 GMT

I'm in the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 chart!

I'm so happy to announce that I have finally made it into the Bluegrass Unlimited charts! "Walk This Mountain Down" is debuting in the top 30 at #30 for May. I am as tickled as a girl is allowed ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:32:00 GMT

I'm Streamin' Live, Tune In!

If you get a chance to sit a bit tomorrow, (Sunday, April 26) click on the link below and give Bob Mitchell's "Best of Bluegrass" show a listen on Radio Bluegrass International. The show will broadcas...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:17:00 GMT

Spinnin' 'round and 'round!

What a nice surprise it was to look on the Sirius/XM chart today and see "I Lied" up at the top! I wrote that song with my best partner in all ways...my darling husband Rick Stanley! He was so thrille...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Hot Pickin' in Hot-Lanta Thursday night!

First off....I LOVE MY BAND! Those Poor Mountain Boys were rich in talent Thursday night! They smoked on the tunes and caused me to grin from ear to ear throughout the whole show.Folks, if you are eve...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:51:00 GMT

chirp....tweet....twitter!

Folks....lend me your EYES...I've gone a twitterin'! If you feel the urge to read countless, random thoughts of mine come follow. The link will be up on my homepage and you will be rollin' your eyes i...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Track by Track, Story by Story!

Yesterday I met with Kyle Cantrell over at the beautiful Sirius XM Radio offices in downtown Nashville. High up in the cone that stands in the front of the Sommet Center Arena are the studios and offi...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:37:00 GMT

OH LORDY, I SLIPPED TO FORTY!

The good news is I'm in the top forty for one more week. The bad news is that I took a bit of a nose dive on the chart. You know, I've always loved rollercoaster's, never get sick on them and always r...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:06:00 GMT